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cygdrive confusing (was Re: new cygwin.dll (was Re: Make problems))
- To: cygwin developers <cygwin-developers@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- Subject: cygdrive confusing (was Re: new cygwin.dll (was Re: Make problems))
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:57:14 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
--- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure why you think this should be empty. The value of "cygdrive
> prefix" is used for drives which do not have corresponding mount table
> entries. That means if you want to access the foo directory on your q:
> drive you use:
>
> /cygdrive/q/foo
>
I see much confusion about this getting ready to happen. Would it be wise to
change "cygdrive" to "unmounted" which gives a description of what it's about?
===
YAWIA,
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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